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An elevated standpoint

Flagstaff Lake, Maine, US
While canoeing one day on Flagstaff Lake, Maine, I was awestruck by this huge driftwood tree stump. Cradled inside the stump was a sapling, happily vibrant and green. Here was something apparently dead, nurturing like a mother a glorious new expression of life. The life qualities the stump was expressing—comfort, safety, strength, stability—confirmed their spiritual source and richly elevated my standpoint and understanding of life.
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October 21, 2013 issue
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Letters
Keith Wommack, Sandra McNeill, Yvonne Renoult
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Enveloped in Love
Mark Swinney
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'Thinking for the ages'
Aimee Hermanson
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The passing of the sea gull
Louise Wheatley Cook Hovnanian
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Equality: already present
Klaus Herr
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Regret or reveal?
Dave Oakes
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An elevated standpoint
Text and photograph by Rick Lipsey
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Growing Godward
Abby Fuller Innes
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Love your teacher as yourself
Heather
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Blessings at basketball tryouts
Isaiah Kent-Schneider
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Joyous confession
Mary Alice Rose
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I said, 'No,' to suicide
Name withheld
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Addiction to alcohol and tobacco overcome
Margot Pedreira Bonilla
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Vision healed, and a new start
Heather Bauer
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Business bounces back
Charles Pike
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Watch and pray? Or sleep on?
The Editors